The playoffs are here! Or… just one more week away for the smaller leagues. Either way, it seems that I need to reiterate and beat the dead horse when it comes to roster decisions.

Seeing my Twitter mentions already, it’s clear that many didn’t listen to the “don’t get cute” and “don’t overthink it” advice. I’ve already had three different owners ask about benching Patrick Mahomes… the guy who has just one sub-20 point game, and it was still 16 points. So, here we go again, from last week in italics:

Don’t get cute. Trust the players that got you here. You don’t have to set your lineup on Tuesday, and picking apart every iota of information can ruin your lineup… and the fun. Heck, there is nothing you could have done to prevent any of the misery and insanity of Week 13, overanalyzing or not. Too often owners start overthink and get burned by...